On-Campus Transfer Admissions
Steps to Complete Application
The Change of Degree Application (CODA) is NC State’s centralized resource for applying to add or change majors. Undergraduate degree-seeking students at NC State may apply to the music technology degree program using the CODA resource in their MyPack Portal.
- Complete the essay (on your CODA Application).
- Follow the steps in your CODA Application to share a link to a PDF or Word document that contains the shared links to all of your application materials
- Submit your CODA Application.
Important Dates
Fall Admission only. Visit the Student Services website for more details about the CODA process, important deadlines and notifications.
Portfolio and Essay Guidelines
Your application will include a digital portfolio and an essay response. Learn more details about each below.
Digital Portfolio
Remember that a portfolio is both a showcase of your engagement with music and music technology as well as a collection of your strongest work in these areas. Instructions to upload your portfolio will be provided in wolfPAW.
You are required to submit no more than five (5) samples of your work where they can be reviewed by program faculty. Please limit each video or audio sample to 5 minutes in duration.
Portfolio samples include, but are not limited to the following:
- Video recordings (not audio) of solo or group performances with your voice, acoustic or electronic instrument (provide up to two contrasting examples in which your individual performance is clearly audible and image clearly visible).
- Audio recordings, scores, or electronic realizations of musical compositions, arrangements, or sound art.
- Recordings you produced or engineered.
- Software or hardware you designed or implemented.
- Reports or results from scientific experiments related to sound or music.
- Any other material that showcases your future potential as a music technologist.
As part of your portfolio, submit a single PDF with a description of each of your submitted samples.
- For a solo or group performance, identify the work, date of recording, and context of the performance.
- For audio recordings, scores, or electronic realization of musical compositions, arrangements, or sound art, describe how you created these works. Feel free to discuss your inspiration and what you learned when they were completed.
- For recordings you produced or engineered, discuss your role, identify the software platform used, and list the critical hardware these recordings feature.
- For software or user interface submissions, describe their function, key algorithms, and the programming language used. For hardware submissions, provide schematics, flow charts or diagrams, as necessary. You may submit digital photographs and/or audio or video recordings.
File Sizes and Types
We support media files as large as 5GB, larger files will take longer to upload from your Internet connection and may stall if you are on a wireless connection or one that cannot sustain a connection for the necessary period of time.
We support the following file formats:
| Media | Preferred Format | Other Acceptable Formats |
|---|---|---|
| Video | YouTube Link (for multiple videos, please create a playlist. NOTE: Make sure your video privacy settings are set to UNLISTED. If you set it to PRIVATE, we will not be able to watch your video.) | .3g2, .3gp, .avi, .m2v, .m4v, .mkv, .mov, .mpeg, .mp4, .mxf, .webm, .wmv |
| Audio | .mp3 | .aac, .m4a, .mka, .oga, .ogg, .wav |
| Slide | .jpg | .bmp, .gif, .png, .tif, .tiff |
| Document | .doc, .docx, .odg, .odp, .odt, .ppt, .pptx, .rtf, .wpd |
Essay
Your essay allows you to describe your skills and experience in music technology, music performance and other musical activity. You will submit your essay response via wolfPAW.
Essay Prompt
In an essay of 300-500 words, please answer both prompts:
- Describe your skills and experience in music performance, composition, arranging, and/or arts entrepreneurship.
- Describe your skills and experience in music technology, such as music production or engineering, hardware/software design or implementation, application/plugin development, and/or instrument design.
Apply Now!
Take the first steps to starting your application using the Change of Degree Application (CODA) recourse in your MyPack Portal.
Questions?
Please contact Stuart Benkert with any questions about the music technology degree program or the admissions process.
Undergraduate Admissions
For information on NC State’s admissions process, visit NC State’s Undergraduate Admissions.